When I made a quick stop in the costume/party shop on my way in to work Friday morning, I was really just hoping to find an extra large-sized santa hat that would fit over my helmet. There was one that would have almost worked and it was $19, then the sales dood said he had …
There was a moment there in the Santa Ana train station yesterday afternoon coming back along the return-half of my car-free roundtrip to/from Newport Beach when I thought I’d just committed an epic fail to rival the one Thursday, albeit this one aided by inattentive conductors. The 23-mile bike ride up from Newport couldn’t have …
Let’s just go to the Twitter feed, shall we? Chronological from earliest to latest: Car-free to Newport beach; made the 2:25 metrolink to santa w/ minutes to spare. (about 16 hours ago) Er that’s Santa ana, not Santa … Happy holidaze (about 16 hours ago) First stop: cal state los angeles! a’board! (about 16 hours …
My bag is packed and I’m ready to go… car-free to my biz-related destination in Newport Beach, baby! The fully-loaded pack in the foreground (mopey dog included for scale and awwwww) tops out at 20 pounds, inside of which is a laptop, various chargers, cables and accessories, 2 pairs pants, 2 shirts, 1 sweater, 1 …
Some have the strength to admit theirs. In my case I don’t have the filter to keep mine quiet… at least not this one. Yesterday it was Twizzlers, though it was not a craving that came out of nowhere. A couple previous weeks ago I’d snacked on some and since then I’ve inexplicably and irrationally …
Well that was a long night. I got home later yesterday than I have been these past couple that Susan’s been away on biz in Denver. Whereas the last time she was out of town, her stubborn Bink decided coming in at night wasn’t something he was obliged to do (and thus left me stressed …
An L.A. Times article today on the excellent success of the island fox captive breeding program on Santa Rosa Island reminded me that in a few days it will be the fourth anniversary of my trip to Santa Rosa’s neighbor Santa Cruz Island with a team of fellow Los Angeles Zoo docents. Invited by The …